This is the weirdest sentiment out of the entire article. "Only hire A-players" and "monitor them". I know exactly 0 A-hire engineers who would tolerate being monitored. Why wouldn't they leave to go to one of the many companies that would love to have them and where they won't have someone breathing down their neck?

Perhaps it's a take on how bad the job market is right now, but I still disagree. There are far fewer job prospects out there but way more than 0.